Trinidad & Tobago
Military spending per person in Trinidad & Tobago
Military spending per person in Trinidad & Tobago: $18 in 1993 and $152 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $152
- Since 1993
- +$135
- Rank, 2025
- 65 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $163 in 2023, the lowest $11 in 2001.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Trinidad & Tobago |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $152 |
| 2024 | $158 |
| 2023 | $163 |
| 2022 | $146 |
| 2021 | $140 |
| 2020 | $115 |
| 2019 | $116 |
| 2018 | $115 |
| 2017 | $140 |
| 2016 | $151 |
| 2015 | $142 |
| 2014 | $133 |
| 2013 | $150 |
| 2012 | $121 |
| 2011 | $105 |
| 2010 | $104 |
| 2009 | $101 |
| 2008 | $102 |
| 2007 | $92 |
| 2006 | $85 |
| 2005 | $72 |
| 2004 | $57 |
| 2003 | $25 |
| 2002 | $15 |
| 2001 | $11 |
| 1994 | $19 |
| 1993 | $18 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.94% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$228M in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel5,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.77% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports32 million TIV in 2021